The Smoke Free Partnership and the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention with the support of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe are hosting a World No Tobacco Day 2021 conference on 8 June 2021 (14:00 CET). The conference “Tobacco free policy-making for a tobacco free Europe” will focus on exposing, discussing, and counteracting tobacco industry efforts against tobacco control progress.
The first part of the event will feature a high-level panel discussion between experts, advocates and policymakers who will discuss tobacco industry interference tactics and ways in which policymakers and advocates in different countries have counteracted them. It will also address the industry’s attempts to take advantage of the COVID-19 epidemic in the past year to whitewash its reputation and to re-gain a seat at the policy-making table.
Keynote interventions include:
The second part of the event will consist of a virtual award ceremony facilitated by WHO EURO, to honour and recognise the European recipients of the 2021 WHO World No Tobacco Day Award:
Current draft of the agenda is available for download below.
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